IS THIS REALLY WHAT GOT BURNS SENT PACKING?

Just as we can’t rule out that San Diego State’s administration may have had a knee-jerk reaction in the wake of the nuclear scandal at Rutgers. Two weeks before Burns retired, Rutgers fired its men’s basketball coach after extensive video surfaced of the coach hurling basketballs and screaming slurs at his players during practice.

No lawsuit has been filed by Burns, though she has retained counsel. Be assured some sort of litigation is forthcoming.

If San Diego State, this place of higher education, has learned anything from its multiple high-profile losses in wrongful termination suits brought by former athletic department employees, there just has to be more here than what we’re seeing.